I'm still avoiding scales. Trying to make healthier choices and will hope things will start in a slow, downward, drift as a result. My weight has been pretty steady in the 180s for over 2 years now, so at least I'm not gaining dramatically as I age. The dramatic gain took place a few years ago and I've been struggling since then.
During, and still after the diet for the colonocopy, my right index finger and sometimes whole hand has been achy. I had to stop ibuprofin and Vitamin E for the week before the test, as well as give up seeds, which meant giving up whole grain foods and berries. I can't help but believe there's a correlation.
I found Dr. Weil's 8 Weeks to Optimum Health so pulled it out and am reading week 1. I'm not fully doing the system but I'm reading his logic. I refuse to throw out food because dh might want to use those oils, for example, in his cooking for himself. I will try and do some of the easier things. Like buy flowers and controlled breathing.
I'm really not sure about the vitamin C recommendation. I take a total of 1g a day (morning and night) and he's recommending 3 - 6g a day (morning, dinner, night) which I think would be too much for me. I'd consider adding another gram, assuming my body is OK with that, but beyond that, I'd be concerned I was hurting myself and leaving no room for using Vit C as therapy when I'm sick (which I do right now, when allowed by doctors - when I had hepatitis, I couldn't take any vitamins for several weeks while they tried to figure out what was happening - they didn't want my liver stressed trying to process extra vitamins.)
The 'walk 10 minutes' a day sounds like a bad idea for me. And he doesn't offer any other suggestions as an alternate. Biking an extra 30 minutes (I'm noticing a 1:3 ratio between the two) or swimming or something non-impact I'd be willing to do but I don't want to slow my perceptible healing by walking any more than I have to right now. I resent walking my bike along a sidewalk or long walks inside a grocery store, so I don't want to add pain to myself right now.
I think I'll spend a few weeks on Week 1 before moving onto week 2. And I suspect I won't perfect Week 1 at all, but at least I can be conscious about not following it.
Slept great last night. Didn't move around at all. In fact, my back was a bit stiff when I got up as a result. I think the bed may need more water in it because I'd like it to be firmer.